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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the birth of his daughter, McCall gives in to pressure to do what?
2. What is the name of McCall's brother that locates McCall's biological father after he has been absent from their lives for so long?
3. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?
4. What is the name of the young woman McCall is seeing that is having trouble at work because she feels inferior?
5. McCall gives the keynote address at his ___ year high school reunion.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does McCall proceed with the advice he got from Milton regarding his prison record during the Washington Post interview?
2. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?
3. Why are Debbie's parents happy about the pregnancy, while McCall's parents are not in Chapter 32?
4. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?
5. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?
6. How does Stanley's visit become a turning point for McCall and the drug scene?
7. How does the fellowship program in Missouri help McCall deal with his racial sensitivity?
8. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?
9. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?
10. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain McCall's conflict about deciding whether to join a gang while in prison or walk away (Part II of book, Chapter 17-23). Also discuss how this conflict illustrates McCall's growing maturity.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how McCall's actions/behaviors in Chapters 1 though 5 illustrate or embody his fears?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?
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